With finals week upon us at school me and Constantine are gonna tackle the alternator, belt, and Euro Smiley Conversion.
Hopefully the car will be running before next Thursday! :D
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Just ordered another DS door tweeter from a member or r3v. Cannot wait to have the sound system fully together and working in a few days.
Also, now have two brand new 10" JBL's in the trunk - sounds worlds better than the blown out JL and blown out "legacy" which occupied the trunk for the last few years.
What do you guys think about euro side markers? I wanna slap some on my car but sorta scared to do it myself. Almost wanna give it to an indy bmw shop like LJI haha.Leave a comment:
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Update on le P.O.S.
The car handles considerably better with the H&R M3 race coils in front.
It's way stiffer and makes driving on bad roads exponentially worse, but FUH RAZE.
Car is also noticeably lower in the front now with the H&R's vs. the Eibachs.
Also, I love the Z3 1.9 SSK. It's fantastic.
Side notes: My car is backfiring more than ever before.
Upon hard acceleration/high-rev shifts, I'm blowing smoke out the tail pipe.
I'm also smelling the scent of oil more than ever before, driving the M42.
Any thoughts? Bad Valve seals? Bad HG?
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Installing my new selector rod and z3 1.9 SSK today!
Oh, and the H&R M3 Race springs up front as well :DLeave a comment:
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Just go for any of the oe Z3 or whatever levers. Redo the carrier bushings in delrin and then do the selector rod joint on the trans.
I have the x5 lever and I enjoy it because the height is slightly higher than oe but much shorter throw.Leave a comment:
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Snapped selector rod left us on the backside of Lombard street. :(
So now I need a new selector rod - thinking it'll be a good time do a short-shifter upgrade.
I've seen various options out there - what would you guys recommend as the best bang-for-the-buck?Leave a comment:
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Look as of right meow. need to take care of some misc. jobs on it this week.
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Picked up some OEM goodness out of the original 1990 BMW Acessory brochure yesterday morning. :D
Have super nice and expensive tires on them too.
Was planning on mounting them yesterday, but I injured my leg squatting last Thursday and haven't healed up enough to be able to mount them yet.
Will be also installing my set of OEM mudflaps to compliment the new wheels hopefully some day later this week if I can heal up in time.
Other work to be tackled in the short-term (within the month):
- Replace Oil & Oil Filter
- DIY paint repair on the LF fender (lets see how this comes out lol)
- Independent Foglight wiring conversion
- Order OEM BMW 181 Dschwarz Paint kit
- Paint the small trim panel below the grilles
- Install French euro smileys
- Install E30 M3 H&R Front Race springs (reds)
- Install E30 m3 cabs
- Repair wiring between Drivers front side premium speaker & Door tweeter
- Hammer/flatten front floorpans with mallet
- Remove, sand, paint Front bumper
- Clean, sand-down, repaint iS Lip
- Get allignment
- Replace the Hirschmann Antenna (which recently broke) with a new one
- Fix front wheel bearing
- Fix tranny mount
- Replace motor mounts
- Order/Install OEM Euro bumper trim (my DIY work now looks like shit lol)
To be done before the summer's end:
- 4.10 Limited-Slip Conversion
- Aluminum pedal covers
- Fender-roll
- Leather or metal ebrake lever
- Muffler Tip
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FULL premium sound conversion is DONE. A little ghetto rigged on the front drivers side, but it's all hidden :D and only involving the negative from the tweeters..
On the agenda for tomorrow:
-take my last final exam then go to Constantine's...and...
-install the new glovebox
-install driver side kick panel
-install hood release
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-put my bed on top of my e30 and take it to the storage rental
-then install bike trays and get pack the car for a 600 mi drive saturday morn :DLeave a comment:
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